Newport Reflective Microscope
Objectives are reverse Cassegrains following the Schwardchild design.
Accordingly, they have zero chromatic aberration, and negligible coma,
spherical, and astigmatic aberrations. We offer 15X and 36X objectives,
broadband coated with aluminum and over coated with magnesium fluoride
(MgF2). They are usable from 200nm to
20mm. Special coatings are available upon
request including MgF2 optimized for
the 157 to 195nm region, and gold for the visible to IR region

Ordering Information

Model

Description

50105-01

Reflective
Microscope Objective, 15x, 160mm BFL

50105-02

Reflective
Microscope Objective, 15x, Infinite BFL

50102-01

Reflective
Microscope Objective, 36x, 160mm BFL

50102-02

Reflective
Microscope Objective, 36x, Infinite BFL

Product Detail

Construction

Newport's reflective microscope objectives are fabricated
from a single material providing a uniform thermal
coefficient of expansion. Each objective contains two highly
polished electroless nickel spherical mirrors. The mirrors
are coated with aluminum and magnesium fluoride. Average
reflection per surface of each mirror is 85% in the UV-VIS,
and 90% in the IR (with a dip to 76% at 820nm).

The primary mirror has a spherical concave surface with a
center hole. The secondary mirror is a small convex
spherical mirror that is machined into the spider assembly.
The objectives are hand assembled in interferometric
alignment fixtures allowing each pair of mirrors to be
optimized as a set to achieve maximum resolution. Spot sizes
of 2 mm for the 15X objective and
1mm for the 36X objective are
typical.

How They Work

In a typical focusing application, collimated light passes
through the aperture hole in the primary mirror to the
secondary mirror. The secondary mirror reflects and diverges
the beam to fill the primary mirror. The primary mirror
focuses the beam to a small spot called the Object Plane or
Focal Point.

A) Diagram of a typical focusing
application of a reflective microscope objective
B) Illustration of the rear focal plane of a 160 mm back
focal length objective

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